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package org.apache.solr.search;

import java.util.Iterator;

/**
 * Simple Iterator of document Ids which may include score information.
 *
 * 
 * The order of the documents is determined by the context in which the
 * DocIterator instance was retrieved.
 * 
 *
 * @version $Id: DocIterator.java 555343 2007-07-11 17:46:25Z hossman $
 */
public interface DocIterator extends Iterator {
  // already declared in superclass, redeclaring prevents javadoc inheritance
  //public boolean hasNext();

  /**
   * Returns the next document id if hasNext()==true
   *
   * 
   * This method is equivalent to next(), but avoids the creation
   * of an Integer Object.
   * @see #next()
   */
  public int nextDoc();

  /**
   * Returns the score for the document just returned by nextDoc()
   *
   * 
   * The value returned may be meaningless depending on the context
   * in which the DocIterator instance was retrieved.
   */
  public float score();
}